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The Impact of Network Relationships, Environment and Localization on the Performance of Taiwanese Small and Medium Sized Enterprises

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Abstract

The integration of global production networks has become an important phenomenon in recent times. This trend has also influenced Taiwanese firms to move their production offshore and seek new production bases with lower costs to meet demands from their international original equipment manufacturer (OEM) customers. Since the 1980s, the position of Taiwan’s government toward the international flow of direct foreign investment (DFI) has dramatically changed, to the point where Taiwan has become a significant source of foreign direct investment (FDI), especially in the Asian region. Based on Taiwan’s FDI in 2007, which accounted for US$11.107 billion, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD, 2008) ranked Taiwan as the sixth major FDI outflow country in Asia.

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    T. S. Chan (Shun Hing Chair Professor of Marketing) & Geng Cui (Professor) (Shun Hing Chair Professor of Marketing) &  (Professor)

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Lin, KH., Chang, YY., Ou, CC., Tseng, WK. (2014). The Impact of Network Relationships, Environment and Localization on the Performance of Taiwanese Small and Medium Sized Enterprises. In: Chan, T.S., Cui, G. (eds) The Rise of Asian Firms. The AIB Southeast Asia Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137407719_2

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